Alberton starts on a high note
Alberton Cricket Club’s Premier League side started the new season on a high note by defeating Community Paints Marks Park by 63 runs in the first fifty overs match of the season.
ALBERTON – Alberton lost the toss and was sent in to bat first by the visitors. Alberton, co-sponsored by Francois Wiese Associates and Konica Minolta Johannesburg, amassed 289 all out and dismissed Marks Park for 226 runs.
Summarised scorecard:
Alberton 289/10 (Brian Barnard 106 in 93 minutes from 65 balls, Donovan Aucamp 35 not out, Juandre Potgieter 30, Ashley Martins 28 and Casper van der Walt 26).
Community Paints Marks Parks 226/10 (Lazarus Mokoena 9-1-21-3, Juan le Maitre 10-0-56-2, Donovan Verwey 1/30, Casper van der Walt 1/14, Hayden Blair 1/32 and Morné McMaster 1/6).
Next home fixture: Sunday October 27 Alberton vs Pirates at Alberton Oval.
Next away fixture: Sunday October 20 Alberton vs. UJ at UJ Oval.
In other games of the opening weekend of the club cricket season Alberton’s winning streak continued. Sunday 1 side (306/8) beat Alexandra (308/5) and Sunday 5 side (173/8) outplayed Midrand (131/10). In a Presidents fixture, Alberton (286/5) managed to defeat UJ (285/7). Brian Barnard preceded his century of 106 on Sunday against Marks Park, with 150 runs on Saturday in a Saturday 1 fixture against Lenasia.
